Fort Lamotte

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Fort Lamotte was a fort created between 1810 and 1812 by Baptists [1] near Palestine, Illinois. It was the site of the Battle of Africa Point in the War of 1812, one of few battles of the war in the Illinois Territory. [2] During the War of 1812 there were 26 families living in Fort LaMotte, and 90 rangers under the command of frontier officer Captain Pierce Andrews. [3] It was in use through 1817 and is currently being recreated. [4] [5] The inhabitants of the Fort became the nucleus of Palestine. Fort Foot served as an expansion of and partial replacement for Fort Lamotte. [6]

A marker at Palestine indicates that Frenchman John Lamotte became separated from the Lasalle party and reached the region in 1678.

There is also a Fort Lamotte, Algeria. [7]

References

  1. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=BDZGVKAAkbIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA6&dq=%22Fort+Lamotte%22&ots=7zK3tVBtn8&sig=0lxpRZQm_YlLQ9FX_MjH8Q6F2Nk
  2. ↑ http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_222192950.html
  3. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilcchs/Articles/crawfordcountychurches.html
  4. ↑ http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/2008/04/preservation-in-illinois-oldest-town.html
  5. ↑ http://www.pioneercity.com/fortlamotterangers/fortlamotteupdate.html
  6. ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/lamotte/messages/201.html
  7. ↑ http://www.geonames.org/2496354/fort-lamotte.html

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